Smart implants have long held the promise of transforming orthopedic care — from passive mechanical devices to active, data-generating tools that can enhance clinical...

On a sun-splashed June morning, Outpatient Surgery Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jared Bilski and I, along with our photographer for the day, Manager of Audience Engagement...

Orthopedic surgeries can be messy affairs that produce ample fluid waste. A perennial problem, of course, is how OR teams and turnover staff handle the management and...

Competition, cost-effectiveness and patient demand are bringing robotic platforms to surgery centers that wouldn’t have even considered such a high-ticket investment only...

Prepackaged single-use instruments have been around for a while, but demand for these tools among providers is surging, which makes sense. These sterile instruments...

Ultimately, the power tools you buy wind up in surgeons’ hands for challenging orthopedic procedures, so they must be satisfied with the devices that are available at...

Success in total joint replacements relies on precision across every step of the perioperative journey — including something as seemingly simple as keeping patients warm....

The most sophisticated anesthesia providers agree that the services they provide can be as much art as science. When one considers the vast number of anesthesia options and...

Optimal total joints outcomes require a multidisciplinary approach that begins long before the day of surgery....

Shoulder replacements have entered the outpatient realm in significant numbers and continue to grow, especially with Medicare reimbursements now a reality and robotic...

Then Korie Enscoe, MSN, RN, became a nurse 20 years ago, patients who had total joint replacements would spend a week in the hospital followed by a few days in a...

Outpatient total shoulder arthroplasties (TSAs), popularly known as shoulder replacements, were already gaining ground before CMS approved them for ASCs in 2024....

A successful total joints program requires careful attention to many aspects of care, from preoperative optimization to postoperative pain management — but the actual...

Two months ago, a patient visited the surgical experts at NYU Langone Health. After being diagnosed with necrosis of his entire forearm due to complications from COVID...

As the old saying goes, “go big or go home.” UC Davis Health has selected the first option....

The Hall® Titan® Power Series is today’s most refined and up-to-date toolkit for surgeons to use in the operating room....

When Ammar Anbari, MD, exited one of the four operating rooms at Constitution Surgery Center East in Waterford, Conn., on March 10, it marked the end of a...

Outfitting your orthopedic surgery center for the latest in cutting-edge procedures is an ongoing process, whether building from the ground up, retrofitting for growth or...

Achieving optimal and timely recoveries for total joints patients isn’t easy....

Even though outpatient shoulder replacements were approved years after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave total knees and hips the nod, it’s still a...